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Junkie Dad's Love: Judge Terrinee Gundy Unveils Shocking Memoir 🚨 | SWAY’S UNIVERSE
Dec 16, 2023
🚨 Discover the powerful journey of Terrinee Gundy, as she breaks the silence in her raw memoir "The Daughter Of A Junkie: A True Love Story." In this gripping episode of Sway In The Morning, Judge Gundy peels back the layers of her life with unflinching honesty, revealing how she transformed the stigma of her father's addiction into unyielding determination.
From the depths of Florida's most impoverished zip code to the esteemed heights of the judiciary, Judge Gundy's tale is a testament to resilience and the unbreakable bond of love. Her candid conversation with Sway sheds light on the overlooked narratives of families battling addiction and the hope that persists amid despair.
Don't miss this exclusive insight into the heart of a woman who refused to be defined by her circumstances, choosing instead to rise above and conquer with grace. Watch as she challenges misconceptions, advocates for those "suffering in silence," and celebrates the complexity of parental love, even in the shadow of substance abuse.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Introduction to Terrinee Gundy's Story
0:55 - Growing Up with an Addicted Parent
4:24 - "The Daughter of a Junkie" Book Overview
10:15 - Tyra Gundy's Legal Career Evolution
13:02 - Impact of Personal Experiences in Judiciary
21:26 - Listener Rob's Personal Encounter
24:44 - Malcolm's Story from the Bay Area
27:35 - Concluding Thoughts on Addiction and Recovery
30:34 - Special Guest Hit-Boy Appearance
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that voice right there is our next guest
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I literally decided to become a lawyer
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at 7 years of age because the police
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came and got my father that's the voice
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of our next guest tyy Gundy who's here
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with us and she's the author of the
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bestselling Memoir a the daughter of a
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junkie a true love story um her life is
0:23
something that I think a lot of us could
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potentially relate to I know I've had
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people in my family who had a addictions
0:30
who suffer from addictions and it became
0:33
sometimes when you around that and
0:34
people in my environment it becomes a
0:36
way of life and it kinds feel like it's
0:38
the norm so when you step outside of
0:40
your environment you telling these
0:42
stories it surprises you that everybody
0:44
else can't relate to it uh well she put
0:46
her story in a memoir and wait till you
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find out what she was able to do in her
0:50
environment please welcome her to the
0:52
shower one and only tyranny Gund judge
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judge judge Jud tyan Gundy good morning
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JTG
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oh I like that JTG JTG oh my gosh man
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Tyne welcome to the show thank you I'm
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so happy to be here yes thank you so
1:11
much well a good friend of mine called
1:13
me and said hey I got to send you this
1:15
book we went through everything to get
1:16
this book to me but I was on the road
1:18
and it was called a daughter of a junkie
1:20
and she's like you got to know this
1:21
person she's a Jud judge now uh she went
1:24
to Clark University she went to Georgia
1:27
she's done all of these amazing things
1:30
she grew up with a father who was
1:31
addicted to crack cocaine yes right and
1:34
absolutely so I I I would love for you
1:36
to tell us your story what was that like
1:38
growing up what was your your family
1:40
your family base like so my father has
1:42
smoked crack cocaine since 1978 a lot of
1:45
people they had crack in 78 they did and
1:48
and to your point a lot of people didn't
1:50
know that okay and you know they called
1:52
it free basing yes yes and so my father
1:55
is adamant that it didn't become popular
1:57
culture until Richard prior set himself
1:59
on fire fire that's really when you know
2:02
the most of America became aware of
2:04
crack cocaine and then of course it
2:06
started decimating our
2:08
communities and so for
2:10
me I as long as I can remember I have
2:13
been the daughter of a junkie but I grew
2:16
up with myself and my sister and in our
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community we're from Dual the poorest um
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zip coat in the State of
2:23
Florida and so in my community and as
2:26
many communities go in the ghetto they
2:28
tease you about anything and everything
2:30
mhm and so that was literally the only
2:32
thing they had on us yeah well that your
2:35
father was but the only thing was kind
2:37
of a huge thing though right kind of but
2:40
to your point in my neighborhood it was
2:42
very common okay but it you know how
2:45
kids can be very unfair and even some
2:48
adults and they were trying to make us
2:50
pay for the sins of my father and as a
2:52
child I knew that that was wrong and so
2:56
I just took it away I we took it from
2:58
them and so I would introduce myself I
3:00
would say hey sway I'm tyranny the
3:02
daughter of a junkie now what do you
3:04
have at what age did you start
3:06
introducing yourself as a daughter of a
3:08
Junie as long as I can remember like I
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mean I was a child probably seven eight
3:13
years old uhhuh it it I mean like if you
3:16
know me you know that is a part of my
3:18
story I've been Unapologetic about it my
3:20
entire life because yes my father is a
3:24
junkie but he is still my father I love
3:26
him he's my junkie and you're not going
3:29
to make me ashamed of that you're not
3:31
going to make me feel like I did
3:33
something wrong I'm a child and so I
3:37
just have never been comfortable with
3:38
that and to your point when I started
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sharing my story I didn't realize how
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many people were suffering in silence
3:49
there were so many people who were
3:51
afraid to say that they are children of
3:54
junkies and I I don't understand why
3:57
culture or our communities would have
3:59
done that to us but they did and so I
4:03
have been very adamant about making sure
4:08
not just the adults who are living with
4:10
the inner child from the crack cocaine
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era but the current children yeah who
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still live in that environment are not
4:16
ashamed of our loved ones yeah it's a
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disease it's a disease right they need
4:22
help they need help I'm I'm C I'm
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imagining you TIY Gundy is here uh she's
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the author of the book the daughter of
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the Junkie A True Love Story a true love
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story what made why was that important
4:34
for you to add that a true love story it
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was very important to me because I am
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not I guess um it does not fall light on
4:43
me that I do not have the typical story
4:45
that everyone is aware of because we
4:47
hear about addicts and their stories and
4:51
abandonment and abuse and neglect and
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sure the daughter of a junkie I've had
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my array of what we would call neglect
5:00
but I've never been abused my father's
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never been verbally or physically
5:03
abusive towards me okay he has been
5:06
nothing but an amazing father who showed
5:09
up when it really mattered at all times
5:12
so you said I went to clarkey land
5:13
University my father took me to school
5:15
he took he paid $3,000 people find this
5:19
hard to believe that the junkie and he's
5:21
a Bonafide junkie came up with $3,000
5:24
for me to get into school he paid my
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rent while I was in law school the
5:28
entire time he would pay it up for the
5:30
year and then go missing so I have had a
5:33
father who has always shown up for me
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and we have this picture of addicts and
5:38
what that life looks like and I'm not
5:41
again dismissing that at all yeah but
5:43
it's just not my story and I wanted
5:46
people to know that there is a different
5:48
face and just because our families our
5:51
fathers our mothers have addiction
5:53
problems it does not mean that they do
5:55
not care they do not love us they are
5:58
still very very loving parents and I
6:02
wanted the world to know that I love
6:05
them back and appreciate all of the
6:07
sacrifices they made for me even
6:10
throughout their own struggles and
6:13
shortcomings what was your mom through
6:15
this whole time my mom was there too as
6:18
well and she was not addicted to crack
6:19
cocaine but she suffered with drugs as
6:21
well so my mom has now been clean for 17
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years wow yes Round of Applause for
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right absolutely um as a child when when
6:32
your mom is suffering from what she was
6:34
dealing with and your father suffering
6:36
from addiction too who were who were the
6:38
adults that you could lean on who who
6:40
could you go to for comfort and safety
6:43
we we didn't have adults in my family
6:44
like that um well I shouldn't say that
6:46
we didn't have adults we did but my
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sister and I who is four years younger
6:51
than me we were so afraid that our
6:53
families would be torn apart that we did
6:55
not tell anyone and so I called that I
6:58
in the book I coin us says the core for
7:00
my sister and I were only concerned
7:02
about keeping the core for together so
7:05
we protected my parents so we parented
7:09
ourselves we followed their rules they
7:12
said don't do this we didn't do it they
7:14
said get all A's we got all A's you know
7:16
they said don't go outside we didn't go
7:19
outside like we were very obedient
7:21
children because we wanted to make them
7:23
proud but we also grew up very fast and
7:28
I I don't want to make it seem like I'm
7:30
extraordinary because in my community
7:32
everyone was doing that yeah mhm so it's
7:36
not like I'm this wonderful
7:38
extraordinary person doing something I
7:40
mean again to your point to people who
7:43
do not deal with the life of addiction
7:47
this may sound extraordinary to you but
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in Florida the north side of
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Duvall that's the norm it's the norm
7:56
children are taking care of themselves
7:59
wow what what advice having gone through
8:02
that as a child would you give children
8:04
who are in the same
8:06
scenario okay this is going to sound a
8:10
little too straightforward but it's the
8:12
truth that's what I believe in my
8:14
innermost being do not pity us it does
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not serve
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us we do not need your
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pity all we need is for you to
8:26
understand that it does not make us any
8:30
different than other humans we are not
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less
8:34
than again if I do not show up home my
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mama is looking for me my daddy is
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looking for me my grandmother is looking
8:41
for me for some reason it's not just
8:43
that being the child of an addict it's
8:46
being a poor child being a black child
8:49
being a female that sometimes other
8:51
communities believe we are not important
8:54
but we
8:55
are and that is really all that we have
8:58
fought for is to be treated with the
9:01
same amount of respect love and grace
9:06
but we don't need your pity because we
9:09
are capable everything we need is
9:10
already inside of us we have had on the
9:13
day training most of our Lives ahead of
9:17
everyone else so we are
9:19
prepared I love it tyy Gundy is here the
9:22
author of the book the daughter of a
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junkie a true love story thank you for
9:26
that a true love story cuz I love my
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daddy where is now he is in Jacksonville
9:31
Florida actually listening to us he is
9:33
very he's tuned in right now he's tuned
9:35
in right now Anthony keall Gundy Mr
9:38
Gundy uh proud to have you tuned in we
9:41
should send them a number have them call
9:43
in yes um he is about to be 72 I'm not
9:46
sure that he can move that fast
9:50
okay I love that um 888 742
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3345 wow this thank you for sharing
9:58
thank you for Sharon I I I do believe
10:00
that um we initially would immediately
10:05
think oh my gosh this is so sad I'm so
10:07
sorry what can I do what can I do and
10:09
hearing you share you and your sister's
10:11
perspective of it it's very enlightening
10:13
and very inspirational so I want to say
10:15
that first um secondly thank you for
10:18
sharing something with me um off mic
10:20
when uh I said how long had you been an
10:23
attorney and you said yeah I'm a judge
10:25
now and sway you know had to come back
10:27
and correct as a judge as well well um
10:30
what is the process cuz I know you are
10:32
practicing tax attorney what is the
10:34
process of going from attorney to judge
10:37
and why did you make that change so we
10:41
started the show with me talking about
10:43
that I became a lawyer or decided to
10:44
become a lawyer at 7even because the
10:46
police came to arrest my father I didn't
10:49
know what that was I only wanted to be
10:51
able to help my father right okay fast
10:53
forward 2 years I'm 9 years old my
10:55
neighbor is physically and mentally
10:57
challenged he is is much older than me
11:00
but he's my friend okay the police come
11:03
and arrest him for crimes that I know
11:05
he's not capable physically or mentally
11:08
ofd doing they took him away he never
11:10
came back home so at 9 years old I
11:14
didn't understand
11:15
that why was my friend not coming home
11:19
and I asked my father and he said to me
11:22
the boy never had a shot because the
11:24
judge didn't look like us wow so at 9
11:27
years old you heard you hearing this
11:29
word now judge judge and so I didn't
11:32
even know that they were connected or
11:33
related all I said to him is I guess I
11:36
have to be a judge now too so that
11:37
people in our community get a fair shot
11:40
wow okay and so from 7 to 9 I put my
11:43
life on a trajectory I never altered to
11:46
become a lawyer and a judge and I get to
11:50
get up and do with only three% out of 8
11:54
billion people on the planet get to do
11:56
do something that I love every single
11:59
day serving my community in a way that
12:03
makes me feel
12:05
proud and honored to
12:10
serve give that round of applause come
12:13
on sorry
12:15
sorry wow come on no I just was curious
12:18
so thank you no thank you for that thank
12:20
you for that question thank you for
12:22
acknowledging I'm very happy about my
12:25
10year anniversary it has not been an
12:28
easy walk but yet it is a walk that I
12:30
have enjoyed every step you you're on
12:32
the Municipal Court of Atlanta right now
12:35
I am wow congratulations thank you thank
12:38
you I preside over DUI over
12:41
DUI good that's good to know I know who
12:43
to call but I get pulled over what for
12:45
drinking of green juice well I mean
12:48
it's it's a it's a natural stimulant it
12:51
might register I drink either you're M
12:53
good comy thank you thank you we some
12:56
common can't wait to commit a crime in
12:59
your Tracy go ahead ridiculous oh ter
13:02
you are such a joy it must be such a
13:05
blessing to be loved by you because you
13:08
display such unconditional care for
13:12
those who are in your circle and I
13:13
really want to commend you for that I
13:15
think that's something that we all can
13:17
continue practicing and getting better
13:18
at so thank you thank you for noticing
13:21
that I do love really hard but my daddy
13:25
and mommy taught me that yeah yeah I'm
13:29
wondering um we often speak about the
13:31
Power of Words here right and being very
13:35
um intentional about word choices what
13:38
made you go with junkie versus saying
13:41
the daughter of an addict and also what
13:44
would you say to some people
13:46
who don't want to use the word junkie or
13:50
addict because they feel like it's
13:51
negative and it might create a
13:53
self-fulfilling prophecy and would
13:56
prefer to say this person is conquering
13:59
their challenges you know speaking what
14:02
they want into existence could you touch
14:04
on those I would love to um so I'll
14:08
start with the second question and work
14:09
my way back for me junkie and my family
14:13
my sister my dad it's not a bad word
14:16
it's just the truth I'm a junkie I'm an
14:19
addict if you ever go to a Narcotics
14:21
Anonymous meeting they start with
14:23
introducing themselves because the first
14:25
step to staying clean is admitting you
14:27
have a problem mhm and so you have to
14:30
really be honest with
14:32
yourself and those that you love around
14:34
you but you asked me why I go with that
14:37
word I go with what I know again I am
14:40
unapologetically me I can't be somebody
14:43
I'm not in my community it was a junkie
14:46
or a j your daddy is a Jay your daddy is
14:49
a junkie like so I'm not going around
14:53
unfortunately and the people who are
14:55
dealing with this issue currently or in
14:58
the past no one is walking through our
15:00
community
15:01
saying they're dealing with something
15:03
that there's very challenging for
15:06
them they're not approaching us that way
15:09
and so for me I wanted to say it and say
15:13
it unapologetically but really change
15:16
The Narrative of what you see because
15:19
again youve put the face on a junkie as
15:22
something negative it's a
15:25
disease but he's still human he's still
15:28
a man he's still a son he's still a
15:30
father that is what I want you to see
15:33
when you hear junkie I don't want you to
15:35
see what you see in the movies where
15:37
we've projected that you know they
15:39
abandon us like our our fathers are
15:42
there our men are
15:44
here it's a narrative that's just simply
15:48
not true black men are more involved in
15:52
their children's lives than any other
15:55
ethnicity get that a round of applause
15:58
absolutely come on come on man Cloud it
16:02
louder I'm a
16:04
father we talk about this all the time
16:07
on this show we do we have tremendous
16:09
amazing men who tend to their father
16:11
amazing yeah tend to their families tend
16:14
to their kids yes hands on they provide
16:18
for them and they nurture them they show
16:20
up to ball games they show up to ballet
16:23
they show up to cheerleading they show
16:25
up to honors day they show up the Jud
16:28
their children to college don't get sent
16:32
they take their children to is that your
16:34
phone that's your phone your is going
16:36
off mean you got to somebody try to get
16:38
a lesser the jury's
16:40
back you know I ain't want to say
16:42
nothing cuz I I do drink your honor and
16:45
I I don't I didn't want to be the one to
16:47
put the eye on me yeah I didn't want to
16:49
start talking too much I'm low today I'm
16:51
real quiet in this convers pass your
16:53
princess Billy to yeah yeah I'm
16:56
princess yo yo mik move you didn't want
16:59
to snitch on I want snitch I snitch I'm
17:01
quiet you wouldn't see me riding down
17:03
Peach Street
17:05
lit you know who to
17:08
call um one judge thank you for sharing
17:11
your story it's really impactful and I
17:13
never even thought about the idea of we
17:16
hear functional alcoholic but I never
17:18
thought about functioning junkie um so
17:21
thank you for bringing that okay so I do
17:24
I don't want to cut you off but um so in
17:26
my family we also do not say fun
17:28
functioning okay cool yes so my father
17:31
um is very clear and adamant about he is
17:35
either getting high smoking crack
17:37
cocaine or he is functioning as a man
17:40
and as a father but he is never doing
17:42
the two at the same time because when he
17:45
is actually smoking cracke crack cocaine
17:48
he says to me I cannot do anything else
17:50
he does not eat he does not drink he's
17:53
dehydrated so there's nothing that he is
17:56
able to function as when he is high so
18:00
to him that is not a functioning addict
18:04
he is very clear that I am
18:05
nonfunctioning when I am getting hot so
18:08
in my family again I can only tell you
18:10
what we do in my family that does not
18:12
mean that other families do not consider
18:14
someone who's able to get high and get
18:17
up and then leave and go be productive
18:19
in their day but in my family we don't
18:21
use that
18:22
term awesome thank you for the uh
18:24
explaining that even even more with
18:26
terminology saying words matter yeah
18:30
like she about to come down with a
18:31
verdict on M no but there is a
18:34
terminology out there functioning out
18:37
Mike about to get sentenced right now
18:38
there function alcohol I do I I do take
18:40
what she says but there is terminology
18:42
out there functioning alcoholics those
18:44
who are addicted they do have
18:45
functioning capabilities the judge is
18:47
saying her family doesn't say it but I
18:50
never heard of a junkie being such a
18:54
caregiver of their family taking care of
18:56
business paying the bills that narrative
18:59
isn't out there so that's why I
19:01
attributed the word functioning to that
19:03
Dynamic understanding internally your
19:05
family does not but that terminology is
19:08
out there yes um so with that being said
19:11
um I'm curious about the importance of
19:14
having um black people and people with
19:16
lived experience like yours on the bench
19:19
and how that makes a difference with
19:21
sentencing outcomes of black people
19:24
versus when they go up against white
19:25
judges um well clearly I am black and so
19:30
I can only speak from a black judge's
19:32
perspective um but what I will say is
19:35
from my own perspective I think for me
19:38
from day
19:39
one it has just meant for me that I
19:43
listen
19:45
better because I understand that there
19:47
are good people who make mistakes and I
19:50
also understand that there are just some
19:53
bad people who do bad things and so I
19:56
listen on a Case by case BAS I listen to
19:59
every single case because it all matters
20:02
to me that is what I signed up to do and
20:05
so candidly because I am from the
20:10
ghetto when you are bsing I know
20:14
immediately I know when you are telling
20:17
the truth I know when you are straight
20:20
up lying and I know when you are just
20:23
flowering a little
20:25
bit but I also know when you truly want
20:29
to get on a different path I also know
20:32
when you want help and I also know that
20:36
sometimes whether you know if you want
20:39
help or not that a second or a third or
20:43
a fourth chance can change your
20:47
life because we have a lot of children
20:49
that come to through my court and
20:52
children make mistakes and they don't
20:54
understand the gravity of their
20:55
mistakes and so sometimes you really
20:58
have to see the potential in humans and
21:01
children before they can see it
21:04
themselves that is what I think my
21:06
experience has helped me bring to the
21:09
bench judge tyranny Gundy is
21:12
here thank you absolutely her listen the
21:16
book is available the daughter of a
21:18
junkie a true love story if you could
21:20
relate to this you have a story
21:22
that that this her story reminds you of
21:25
888 742 3345 Rob is on the line in
21:29
Buffalo welcome to the show Rob what up
21:32
hi
21:32
Rob how y'all doing how y'all doing
21:35
doing great say hi to the judge you got
21:38
a question a
21:39
comment yes uh good morning judge um
21:43
know more or less just I grew up a son
21:46
of a junkie my father and you know he
21:49
left the Earth still battling his demons
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um but we had a a Troublesome
21:56
relationship because you know so my
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mother there's only daughters they only
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had daughters and then me so gr with him
22:03
being absent and um being in a house
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full of women you know he still even
22:08
though he left the household he tried to
22:10
be involved because of me um knowing
22:13
that I was in a house full of woman and
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him and my mom's rship was tough and
22:17
while he was still dealing with his
22:18
demons he was you know Mike us I think
22:21
used work functioning and I do too
22:24
because he was still able to try to
22:26
communicate with me to try to
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what he felt I needed being that he was
22:31
not there um but sometimes him and my
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mother's relationship get in the way um
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but he still tried he actually when I I
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started getting in trouble because he
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was not there and he rejected and told
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my mom you need to send him to me that
22:47
didn't really work out because he still
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had his demon so I was just physically
22:52
there but he wasn't there so I came back
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to Buffalo um and and because that
22:56
didn't work out but he still there was
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still
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communication even at the end of his
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life he was in like one of them boarding
23:03
houses and whatnot Now by this time I
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had my own son and you know he made sure
23:08
to tell me that although his life turned
23:11
out the way it was he was extremely
23:14
proud of me way I was raising my son and
23:17
not going down the road that he did
23:19
being that that's all I seen you know so
23:22
made sure to let me know that that you
23:24
know so even with his addictions I was
23:28
still able to because I wanted a father
23:30
still you know I had all my friends
23:32
had and my mother moved us to a Jewish
23:35
atalian and black neighborhood so it was
23:38
even more kids with fathers so it was
23:40
something that definitely bothered me
23:42
and I had to De with my issues that it
23:44
started causing which is why I got in
23:46
trouble and started going to court and
23:47
things like that and you know the judge
23:49
would speak to my mother she would tell
23:51
them the father isn't here I have no
23:54
problem with these girls it's just him
23:56
and it doesn't just like you know you
23:57
just need to find him something
23:59
constructive to do so she told that to
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my father and you know he said that's
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true that's kind of what I'm trying to
24:06
do she they they fought you're not here
24:09
and then they put me in football he said
24:11
you know he needs to play football it's
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just something that can and Bas what it
24:16
was he gave me what he wasn't G to give
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me Rob you you need to write a memoir
24:20
too it sound like for
24:22
real I think you need to write a memoir
24:25
at the very least you need to pick up
24:27
hers
24:28
because there might be some answers for
24:31
you in the stories in the journeys that
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um the judge has taken yes uh to help
24:36
you get to a uh a new understanding but
24:39
um I appreciate your story Rob make sure
24:41
you get the book and you a citizen
24:43
brother way the morning Malcolm's on the
24:44
line he's from the bay what part of the
24:46
bay you from Malcolm hey Malcolm hey
24:48
Malcolm yeah I'm not how you doing how
24:51
are you I'm not from the bay I live in
24:52
the Bay now I've been here for seven
24:54
years but work in elero Elo Dublin Hey
24:58
listen here's the thing if you stay in
25:00
the bay for seven years you're from the
25:02
bay welcome to your new reality welcome
25:05
all right go ahead you got a question go
25:07
ahead I'll take that yeah real quick uh
25:10
judge Gundy honor to talk with you I met
25:12
you before when I was out in Atlanta
25:14
with my boy John Singleton before he
25:16
passed we
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25:18
there miss him yeah so I met you uh we
25:22
all went and hung out after us but
25:24
couple of things I have a friend that's
25:25
a judge in um Oregon and he was telling
25:27
me how he tells his uh law clerks I
25:31
guess well some of the students that are
25:32
law students and they uh work with them
25:34
and he was telling them don't ever judge
25:37
uh a person by their worst day and I was
25:40
wondering what kind of wisdom do you
25:41
impart to those law students that come
25:43
and support you um through their uh
25:46
schooling and also what type of
25:47
restorative practices do you all engage
25:49
in through your du DUI um uh
25:53
adjudications uh that are available and
25:55
also tell Kell Hill I said hello that's
25:57
my brother brother yes yes and thank you
26:00
for all of that um I speak about John in
26:02
the book as well we um actually talk a
26:05
lot um for his research about snowfalls
26:08
so appreciate you bringing up wow um my
26:10
good friend John But to answer your
26:13
question I think that's excellent advice
26:15
you know no one should be judged on
26:17
their worst day they should be judged by
26:19
the measure of their entire life again
26:22
for me um I go back to that my best
26:26
advice is to listen to people people do
26:29
not feel heard and when people come to
26:32
court whether they did something bad or
26:34
made a mistake they still like to be
26:37
heard they like for you to listen to
26:39
what drove them to that point and
26:42
sometimes you can help them and
26:44
sometimes you cannot because we are a
26:45
criminal justice system but that does
26:48
not mean that there are no social
26:50
services involved at all and that comes
26:53
to your point about what kind of
26:55
restorative programs we have and it
26:57
Atlanta we have a program called restore
27:00
Atlanta where you're able to actually go
27:03
and get rehab if you're interested in
27:06
that if you're eligible for that and so
27:09
um I appreciate your questions
27:12
again I just think that every case
27:15
should be dealt with on a Case by casee
27:18
basis I don't think that you can
27:21
group criminal justice into one caveat
27:25
because the facts always change
27:28
and they always matter which is why you
27:31
have to listen Malcolm thank you for
27:33
your call Dr J I me doctor I put
27:37
doctor doctor my God a doctor judge
27:41
judge doctor judge G is here man big
27:45
round of applause I want to thank you
27:46
for being a guest on this show you can
27:48
always come back I feel like we need to
27:49
do a series yes I would love to come
27:52
back I will come back anytime you invite
27:54
me and I have just one thing that I want
27:57
to say yes I was very nervous that you
28:00
were going to make me freestyle and I'm
28:02
so happy I asked my best friend said
28:05
they're not going to make this for all
28:07
judges I mean all guests are they
28:09
because I I mean like I can do a lot of
28:11
things but that is something I cannot do
28:13
wait hold
28:20
on don't be on you got to be no I didn't
28:22
even bring that up that that tells me
28:24
it's something you've been wanting to
28:26
do
28:27
no no no I I I thought I got away get
28:30
but judge G how did you know about the
28:32
freestyle and you was watching the
28:33
videos
28:37
yes he said and my uh good friend pinky
28:41
Cole she killed it Pinky killed but pink
28:44
is a rapper I am n y you a word Smith
28:48
though yes you are you can put it
28:49
together you be dropping themo John oh
28:52
my God I cannot believe I did this to
28:55
myself yeah judge terany Gandhi just
28:58
spit some words of
29:00
positivity you just like doing a to the
29:02
community what you want them to know
29:05
yeah talk to the people sway I cannot
29:07
believe you're doing this I was thanking
29:10
you no you great just say tell us what
29:13
we need to know what we need to know
29:15
about growing up with a family member
29:18
who has an addiction or that's a junkie
29:20
what do we need to know about our
29:22
Judicial System how do we protect
29:24
ourselves talk to us what do you always
29:26
want to say to the community
29:29
judge okay look at the camera go ahead
29:32
just talk
29:34
okay I am the daughter of a junkie
29:37
proudly and
29:38
forever I'm also a lawyer I'm also a
29:41
judge but I'm first and foremost a
29:44
mother mhm just remember it's the time
29:48
of love the time of life the time of
29:51
Grace we all deserve a little bit more
29:55
of it
29:56
all do
29:58
there you
30:01
go
30:03
all we got a h
30:11
ing
30:14
bars not jail bars but
30:17
bars y'all make sure you pick up the
30:19
menoir the daughter of a junkie a True
30:22
Love Story by the one and only judge tyy
30:25
Gundy thank you for coming by today
30:27
thank you thank you this was so much fun
30:29
good good man I'm powerful woman we got
30:32
the plug if we ever get pulled over all
30:34
right take advantage coming up next man
30:36
we got big hit that's the father of Hit
30:38
Boy every time we come to LA hit boy
30:40
always joins us judge you want to hang
30:42
out I would love to hang out with us D
30:45
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30:46
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30:49
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